honestly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Honestly means in an honest way, without lying, cheating or stealing. tree →
2) Honestly is said to show you are telling the truth or giving your real opinion: «Honestly, I didn't take it.» tree →
3) Honestly can show you are annoyed or surprised: «Oh, honestly!» tree →
sense in the lessons
In values lessons, playing honestly means following the rules; answering honestly means telling the truth even when it is hard. In everyday speech, «honestly» stresses that you mean what you say. In stories, «she answered honestly» shows the reader a truthful character. Phrases: «answer honestly», «to be honest», «honestly speaking», «Oh, honestly!».
examples
- Please answer honestly. tree →
- Honestly, I didn't eat the last biscuit. tree →
- He played the game honestly. tree →
- I honestly don't know where it is. tree →
- She honestly told the teacher she had forgotten her homework. tree →
- "Oh, honestly! Who left the door open?" tree →
- Honestly, it's the best book I've read. tree →
- You can talk to me honestly about anything. tree →
- The old debt was honestly paid, and the king got his bond back again. tree →
note
Adverb from «honest» + -ly. The «h» is silent: «ON-ist-lee». Spelling: honest + ly; do not drop the t. Saying «honestly» does not prove someone is telling the truth.
In the corpora
- They disagree honestly, and the next election lets everyone choose again.
- You cannot honestly claim to feel sad the way people do; you should never make someone feel guilty for leaving.
- Use what they taught you to help people understand, check and learn, honestly.
- Dropping a promise for a better offer hurts the other person, so keep it or ask them honestly first.
- If you lose or damage a library book, you tell the librarian honestly; hiding it is worse than paying for it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «honestly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.